New York S 8083: Relates to staffing at state-operated facilities that deliver health care services

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S08083 Summary:

BILL NOS08083A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08623-A

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MARTINEZ

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2805-t, Pub Health L

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Requires each state-operated facility that delivers health care services which is operated and licensed pursuant to the mental hygiene law, the education law, the correction law or section 504 of the executive law and which requires two or more registered nurses or licensed practical nurses to be present within the facility at any given time.

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BILL NOS08083A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/01/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 8083A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8083--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, JACKSON, MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to nurse staffing
 committees

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2805-t of the public health law, as amended by
 2 chapter 155 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 2805-t. Clinical staffing committees and disclosure of nursing qual-
 4 ity indicators. 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 5 declares:
 6 (a) Research demonstrates that nurses play a critical role in improv-
 7 ing patient safety and quality of care;
 8 (b) Appropriate staffing of general hospital personnel and staffing at
 9 state-operated facilities that deliver health care services, including
 10 registered nurses available for patient care, assists in reducing
 11 errors, complications and adverse patient care events, improves staff
 12 safety and satisfaction, and reduces incidences of workplace injuries;
 13 (c) Health care professional, technical, and support staff comprise
 14 vital components of the patient care team, bringing their particular
 15 skills and services to ensuring quality patient care;
 16 (d) Ensuring sufficient staffing of general hospital personnel and
 17 sufficient staffing at state-operated facilities that deliver health
 18 care services, including registered nurses, is an urgent public policy
 19 priority in order to protect patients and support greater retention of
 20 registered nurses and safer working conditions; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13105-02-6

 S. 8083--A 2

 1 (e) It is the public policy of the state to promote evidence-based
 2 nurse staffing standards and increase transparency of health care data
 3 and decision making based on the data.
 4 2. Clinical staffing committee. (a) Each general hospital licensed
 5 pursuant to this article and each state-operated facility that delivers
 6 health care services which is operated and licensed pursuant to the
 7 mental hygiene law, the education law, the correction law or section
 8 five hundred four of the executive law and which requires two or more
 9 registered nurses or licensed practical nurses to be present within the
 10 facility at any given time shall establish and maintain a clinical
 11 staffing committee, either by creating a new committee or assigning the
 12 functions of the clinical staffing committee to an existing committee,
 13 no later than January first, two thousand twenty-two.
 14 (b) Where a collective bargaining agreement provides for a staffing
 15 committee, the required functions of the clinical staffing committee
 16 established pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into that
 17 committee. Any staffing or non-staffing committees established by a
 18 collective bargaining agreement, shall continue to function in accord-
 19 ance with the terms of the agreement, and the cl